Mop-handle attachment



Jan. 20, 1931. M. J. WELLING 1,789,323

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Patented Jan. 20, 1931 MATTHEW J. WELLING,

v CORPORATION on ILLINoIs r Application i11ed March 10Q 192 7. Serialmime;

This invention relates to a mop handle attachment and has for its objectto provide an attachment which may be readily secured to a mop handleand from which the mop handle may bede-tached by pivotal-movement withrespect to the attachment. 7 It is a further object of this invention toprovide a mop handle attachment adapted to be pivotally connected to amop handle and provided with means for locking said mop handle during agreater part of its range of pivotal movement. 7

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures'in the specification and the accompanying drawings.I

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top planview of a device embodying the principles of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line II1III of Figure 1 with partsin elevation.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Figure 1.

As shown on the drawings The reference numeral 1 indicates a triangularshaped plate formed of sheet metal provided with upwardly turned flangededges 2. Said plate 1, it will be understood, is adapted more especiallyto be secured to amop swatch, but may obviously be of any suitable formfor use in connection with other devices of similar character, such asThe bot- Y tom of said plate 1 is stamped upwardly to provide a raisedportion 3.having parallel raised edges 1 and 5. An intermediate groove 6is formed in said raised portion 3 parallel to V a substantiallycylindrical opening 10; Said strap 7 is further provided 'wi thanarcuate shaped tongue 11 struck'up-from said strap, the free 'end'ofsald'tongue being spaced from said strap for a purpose that will laterappear. v

' A member 12 is adapted to be pivotally mounted to said plate 1 and forthis purpose is provided with a slot 13through which the strap 7 may beinserted-before being secured to the plate 1. In assembled'positionsaid.

member 12is pivotally mounted upoi'i the' strap 7 with its bottomportion .14- extending through theopening 10 formed by the hollow ridge9 and grooved Saidportion Islis" adapted to fri'ctionally engage the'walls'of said opening 10 so thatcwhen the member 12,

is swiveled about theporti'on 14 as anaxis, it will remain many positionto which 113 18 moved. I Said mcmber:1 2 is further provided with'atransverseislot 15 adapted tolre'ceive the tongue 11. A ferrule '16,suclr as is common lyused onthe e'ndslof mop handle's is rice OFCHICAGO, I'LLINoIs, Ass'IeNoR fro O-CEDAR 003.1 A

formed with a lower flattened end 17 adapted to receive the member 12.Said fiattenedendpermanently or semi-permanently secured in the socketof the ferrule'lfi. The handle and ferrule may thenbe' attached to theattachment 1 by sliding the flattened end 17 of the ferrule over themember12 while themember 12 is in inclined POSllJlOllyShOWll in dottedlines in Figure 4. Inthis position the member 12 is out'ofengagementwith the arcuate shaped'tongue 11, so that the ferrule 16 may be slippedover the member 12 until the slots 15 and 18 coincide. '16 may then beswung into upright position, the tongue 11 passing t'l-irough thecoinciding slots. g ment with the'f'errule 16 and member 12 eX- Thehandle and ferrule, I

Since the toi1gue11 will be in engagecept for a small portion of thepivotal range of sa'id member 12, "there is little danger of the ferrulebecoming detach-ed during use of device above described provides quickand made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through awide range W1thout departingfrom the principlesof this invention, and Itherefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon,1 otherwisethan necessitated by the prior art.

I claimas my invention: r 1. A mop handle attachment, comprising aferrule having a flattened end provided with a transverse slot, a mopplate. a slotted member pivoted to said plate and adapted to j beinserted into the-flattened end of said ferrule and an arcuate tonguesecured to said 5. A mop handle attachment, comprising a ferrule havingan'apertured end for receivin a handle, a pivotal member slidablyconnected to said ferrule, a base member arranged to receive a mop, anda strap disposed on said base member for securing said pivotal mem berthereto, said strap having an arcuate shaped tongue for engaging saidferrule and said pivotal member for locking said ferrule to said pivotalmember and normally permitting pivotal movement of both relative to saidbase member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

, MATTHEW J. WELLING.

plate and adapted to pass through both of said slots to secure saidferrule to said plate. 2. A mop handle attachment, comprising a ferrulefor the end of the mop handle, said ferrule being flattened and providedwith a transverse slot insaid flattened portion, a plate for attachmenttov the mop having an upwardly stamped portion provided with spacedslots along opposite raised edges, and" an intermediate transversegroove, arstrap having prongs secured through the slots 1n said raisededges and having a transverse hollow rib registering with saidtransverse groove, a slotted member pivotally mounted upon said strapbetween said rib and groove, said slotted member being adapted to beinserted into the flattened end of said ferrule so that the slots insaid ferrule and in said member coincide, and an arcuate shaped tonguestruck up from said strap and adapted to eX- tend through the slots insaid slotted ferrule and said member for the greater part of the pivotalmovement of said member.

3. A mop handle attachment comprising a ferrule having an apertured end,a member to which a mop may be secured, apertured means pivotallymounted on said member and adapted to be inserted into said ferrule withsaid apertures coinciding, and means secured to said member adapted toextend through said coinciding apertures only during a part of thedistance through which said pivotally mounted means may be moved.

l. A mop handle attachment, comprising a ferrule having an aperturedend, a member to which a mop maybe secured,-apertu red means I pivotallymounted on said member and adapted to be inserted into said ferrule withsaid apertures coinciding, and an arcuate tongue struck up from saidmember adapted to eX-Q.

tend through said coinciding apertures during a part of the distancethrough which said pivotally mounted means may be moved.

